Interview 150

Search Insert Position

Problem
LC 35
File
interview150_LC35SearchInsertPosition.java
Path
pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC35SearchInsertPosition.java
Package
pkg5leetcode.interview150
Command
java pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC35SearchInsertPosition.java
Approach
Binary search for first index where nums[i] >= target.
Complexity
Time O(log n), Space O(1)

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pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC35SearchInsertPosition.java
1package pkg5leetcode.interview150;2 3/*4 * Search Insert Position | LC 355 * APPROACH: Binary search for first index where nums[i] >= target.6 * COMPLEXITY: Time O(log n), Space O(1)7 */8public class interview150_LC35SearchInsertPosition {9    static int searchInsert(int[] nums, int target) {10        int lo = 0, hi = nums.length;11        while (lo < hi) {12            int mid = (lo + hi) / 2;13            if (nums[mid] < target) lo = mid + 1;14            else hi = mid;15        }16        return lo;17    }18 19    public static void main(String[] args) {20        check(searchInsert(new int[]{1, 3, 5, 6}, 5) == 2, "case1");21        check(searchInsert(new int[]{1, 3, 5, 6}, 2) == 1, "case2");22        check(searchInsert(new int[]{1, 3, 5, 6}, 7) == 4, "case3");23        System.out.println("all tests passed");24    }25 26    static void check(boolean cond, String name) {27        if (!cond) throw new AssertionError("FAILED: " + name);28        System.out.println("  PASS " + name);29    }30}